Mannerisms

Scaling Gets Scary

2010-02-09T14:48:08Z

The limitations of scaling are getting pretty serious judging by Altera's reaction to 28nm processing.

Women Have A Part To Play In Modern Science

2010-02-09T01:31:56Z

'Women Have Part To Play In Modern Science' - this was the headline of a feature in an Electronics Weekly edition published 50 years ago in 1960, the year EW was founded.

Ed The Serial CEO And The Foundry

2010-02-08T14:49:50Z

Ed The Serial CEO is scouring the company's accounts looking for costs he can cut out in order to make the company's figures look as good as possible for the impending IPO.

Infineon Shenanigans For Thursday

2010-02-08T01:20:52Z

This week's bit of fun happens on Thursday when, for the first time ever, a Chairman-designate of a DAX30 company could be rejected by a shareholders' vote.

The Gay Radium Atom

2010-02-05T14:49:44Z

In 1904 this was one of the songs sung by the dons and undergraduates after dinner at the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University.

NXP's Southampton Site (Update 2)

2010-02-05T11:00:40Z

Rumours in two earlier posts, here and here, that Trident Microsystems will lay off 70 employees from the Southampton site of NXP's home business unit on Monday February 8^th, which is the same day that the sale of the unit by NXP to Trident is due to be completed, are not being denied by either Trident or NXP.

European Taxpayer Subsidising TSMC

2010-02-05T01:54:36Z

Is the good old European taxpayer subsidising TSMC? This was asked at the IFS2010 meeting in London last week.

NXP's Southampton Site (Update)

2010-02-04T23:56:02Z

Trident Microsystems have now issued a statement in response to the question put to them earlier today about whether they plan to make redundancies at the Southampton plant of NXP's home business unit on Monday morning.

Speculation Mounts On NXP's Southampton Site

2010-02-04T18:27:34Z

Speculation is mounting over the plans for the Southampton site of NXP's home business unit which designs MIPS-based ICs for TVs and Set-Top Boxes.

Fable: The Devil You Know

2010-02-04T14:45:54Z

There was once a very big company, over 100 years old, which had grown big mainly by taking over its rivals in its domestic market.

Is Altera Looking At Programmable DSP?

2010-02-04T01:42:48Z

The problem for the FPGA companies is growth. They've been stuck in a $3 billion niche since the year 2000 and the only significant progress for their products has been shrinking geometries and adding blocks.

Is This The First Significant ARM-Based Netbook?

2010-02-03T16:09:09Z

That elusive beast, the ARM-based Netbook - or Smartbook as some like to call it - could have been spotted at CES.

Could Agnilux Be Making ARM-Based Server Chips?

2010-02-03T14:40:17Z

Could a Californian start-up called Agnilux (meaning Fire and Light) be working on ARM-based processors for servers?

Top Ten 20th Century Engineering Achievements

2010-02-03T01:14:58Z

Thanks to the toptentopten web-site for this one. The greatest engineering achievments of the 20^th Century were:

Avoid The Wall Street Devil

2010-02-02T14:48:29Z

At all costs, chip company CEOs should avoid following Wall Street's recommendations on how to run a semiconductor company, it was stated at IFS 2010 in London last week.